1) Elly appears to have killed any impulse he might have to travel with the kids. Her mother's passing got her all het up to uproot her dad. This trip is why.
2) One week of flying to separate destinations would have made more sense. I guess that's why they didn't.
For 29 of the last thirty summers, my family has rented a beach cottage in New Hampshire for one week. For almost all of those 29 years I've been the only male on the trip with three women (my mother, older sister, and niece- for the last two summers, my niece's husband and their two children have come along, but as I've said out loud, while I'm not the only male on the trip anymore, I'm still the only adult man.)
For those 29 years, I've been responsible for getting everything down to the beach- cooler, chairs, umbrella- in the morning, and everything back up, in the evening. I have to find parking for both cars, and usually have to pay for it, too. I spend more time with the children than their dad does (MUCH more time, as he's staring at his phone most of the week.)
This year I came back from a "vacation" that cost me well over a thousand dollars thinking, "never again." From now on, I'll take trips of more than a few days by myself and actually relax, thank you very much. John did not have a good vacation because he carried
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Elly doesn't understand what a pain in the ass she is to travel with. She talks a good game about going off on her own because (for some reason that eludes her) John behaves as if she's difficult to accommodate:
Next March, John and Elly go from Pearson International to Cancun with no layover in the Lower 48 so Lynn can bitch at Rod for thinking that a time share is a good idea:
When I was married, my wife and I went to at least a dozen of these time-share "opportunity" presentations because it meant a free meal, often with alcohol, and a gift card and we both knew time shares were a total scam and nothing would get us to sign on the dotted line. We just made sure that we never got on a bus and taken away from our own mode of transportation ("held hostage," which is disgustingly common in the time share business.) My wife was perfectly capable of eating a full meal, smiling at the presentations, and then saying "No" while walking out, still with a smile. I'm surprised our pictures and names weren't eventually circulated among scammers as people to avoid.
I'm certain that Lynn and Rod have wildly different recollections of who laughed his ass off at an obvious swindle and who smartened up after the fact.
The time shares I have visited lately have been mainly to take advantage of a few days of free hotel. However, we know in advance that the time share presentation is a pretty high price to pay for such things.
Please note the Pattersons’ clothing colors are exactly the same as they when they were being checked by the border guard. Of course this could be a syndicated colorist error since the originals were black and white, but even in black and white the clothing style is exactly the same. John has a collared shirt. April has long pants on. Elly has a low cut collar t-shirt.
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1) Elly appears to have killed any impulse he might have to travel with the kids. Her mother's passing got her all het up to uproot her dad. This trip is why.
2) One week of flying to separate destinations would have made more sense. I guess that's why they didn't.
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For 29 of the last thirty summers, my family has rented a beach cottage in New Hampshire for one week. For almost all of those 29 years I've been the only male on the trip with three women (my mother, older sister, and niece- for the last two summers, my niece's husband and their two children have come along, but as I've said out loud, while I'm not the only male on the trip anymore, I'm still the only adult man.)
For those 29 years, I've been responsible for getting everything down to the beach- cooler, chairs, umbrella- in the morning, and everything back up, in the evening. I have to find parking for both cars, and usually have to pay for it, too. I spend more time with the children than their dad does (MUCH more time, as he's staring at his phone most of the week.)
This year I came back from a "vacation" that cost me well over a thousand dollars thinking, "never again." From now on, I'll take trips of more than a few days by myself and actually relax, thank you very much. John did not have a good vacation because he carried ( ... )
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Elly doesn't understand what a pain in the ass she is to travel with. She talks a good game about going off on her own because (for some reason that eludes her) John behaves as if she's difficult to accommodate:
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Next March, John and Elly go from Pearson International to Cancun with no layover in the Lower 48 so Lynn can bitch at Rod for thinking that a time share is a good idea:
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When I was married, my wife and I went to at least a dozen of these time-share "opportunity" presentations because it meant a free meal, often with alcohol, and a gift card and we both knew time shares were a total scam and nothing would get us to sign on the dotted line. We just made sure that we never got on a bus and taken away from our own mode of transportation ("held hostage," which is disgustingly common in the time share business.) My wife was perfectly capable of eating a full meal, smiling at the presentations, and then saying "No" while walking out, still with a smile. I'm surprised our pictures and names weren't eventually circulated among scammers as people to avoid.
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I'm certain that Lynn and Rod have wildly different recollections of who laughed his ass off at an obvious swindle and who smartened up after the fact.
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The time shares I have visited lately have been mainly to take advantage of a few days of free hotel. However, we know in advance that the time share presentation is a pretty high price to pay for such things.
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Stupid strip speaks for stupid self.
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Please note the Pattersons’ clothing colors are exactly the same as they when they were being checked by the border guard. Of course this could be a syndicated colorist error since the originals were black and white, but even in black and white the clothing style is exactly the same. John has a collared shirt. April has long pants on. Elly has a low cut collar t-shirt.
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Right. They are not the Scooby gang or even the Charlie Brown gang, where such things are normal and acceptable.
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